1908 in China explained

Events from the year 1908 in China.

Incumbents

• Emperor

Guangxu Emperor

Viceroys

• • Viceroy of Zhili — Yang Shixiang Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Songshou
• Viceroy of Huguang — Chen Kuilong then Ruicheng
• Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Shengyun then Changgeng
• Viceroy of Liangguang — Zhang Renjun then Yang Shuxun then Zengqi
• Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Xiliang then Li Jingxi
• Viceroy of Sichuan — Zhao Erxun then Duanfang
• Viceroy of Liangjiang — Duanfang then Fan Zengxiang then Zhang Renjun

Events

• March 4  - One of earlier financial service founded in this nation, China Bank of Communications was founded.
• July 22 — The Qing government issues the Outline of Imperial Constitution, based on the Meiji Constitution of Japan, which establishes a framework for local and national legislative elections to be held.
• December 2 — Aisin Gioro Puyi ascended the throne at the age of three as the Xuantong Emperor, the twelfth and final ruler of the Qing dynasty.

Births

• Yin Linping
• Zhao Shangzhi
• Zhou Yang

Deaths

• November 14 - Guangxu Emperor (b. 1871)^[1]
• November 15 - Empress Dowager Cixi (b. 1835)^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Guangxu emperor of Qing dynasty . Encyclopedia Britannica . 25 March 2019 . en.
2. Book: Kögel . Eduard . The Grand Documentation: Ernst Boerschmann and Chinese Religious Architecture (1906–1931) . 2015 . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG . 9783110401349 . 290 . en.